Colorado River Compact (Arizona Revised Statutes: Title 45 Waters; Chapter 7 Interstate Streams; Article 2) Country/Territory United States of America Territorial subdivision Arizona Document type Legislation Date 2019 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword Sub-national agreement Surface water Inland waters Water abstraction Water rights Basin/catchment/watershed Flood Hazards Freshwater resources management Geographical area Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic Abstract This article of the Arizona Revised Statutes adopts the Colorado River Compact entered into among Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. The major purposes of this compact are to provide for the equitable division and apportionment of the use of the waters of the Colorado River System; to establish the relative importance of different beneficial uses of water; to promote interstate comity; to remove causes of present and future controversies; and to secure the expeditious agricultural and industrial development of the Colorado River Basin, the storage of its waters and the protection of life and property from floods. To these ends the Colorado River Basin is divided into two Basins, and an apportionment of the use of part of the water of the Colorado River System is made to each of them with the provision that further equitable apportionments may be made. Full text English Website www.azleg.gov